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Southern California's median home price tipped the scales at $449,000 in March, according to CoreLogic. Low inventory and high demand continue to drive a hot market that saw prices climb 5.6% from the previous year. Here's a look at what you can get in the Southland around that price. LAKE BALBOA:...

The man whom Los Angeles police fatally shot in the Lake Balboa neighborhood had grabbed a bean-bag shotgun from one of the officers approaching him and fired at least one round, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said Tuesday. The man was identified as 34-year-old Miguel Cano, who was declared dead at 1:40...

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Angelo Pellegrini didn't need to read books or take a class to learn how to make wine or pasta or grow herbs. Without being aware of it, he'd absorbed all that from his family his whole life. Some of us, though, could use some instruction, whether from books or YouTube or an actual class. And right...

The latest wave of sandwich shops (Hero Shop, Superba Food + Bread, Trencher) and modern Vietnamese cafes (East Borough, Phorage) in Los Angeles have generated tantalizing new spins on banh mi, the beloved Vietnamese sandwich that is the culinary result of French colonialism in Southeast Asia. ...

Monosodium glutamate: Love it or hate it? Some people are convinced it’s toxic, though there isn't much science behind that claim. Others compare it with table salt. Regardless of which camp you fall into, it’s no secret that MSG is used heavily in restaurants – especially in traditional Chinese...

Lake BalboaStats

Residents

24,238

Median Age

35

Median Income

$65,336

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Jim Stein stands before a wooded lot across from Birmingham High School and describes a 187-unit apartment complex that a builder hopes to put there. It would rise six stories and add 1,000 car trips through the area each day. And there would be just one way in and out — onto busy Victory Boulevard....

Defending City Section Division I soccer champion Birmingham, seeded No. 8 in the tournament, upset No. 1-seeded Granada Hills, 2-1, on Thursday in a quarterfinal game behind freshman Aldo Perez, who scored both goals. The Patriots had lost twice to Granada Hills in West Valley League play, but...

Rick Orlov, a veteran political reporter who covered City Hall for the Los Angeles Daily News for nearly three decades, beginning in the Tom Bradley administration, died Monday. He was 66. Orlov died in Los Angeles of complications from diabetes, according to his sister, Joanne Levy. She said Orlov,...

Joan Kelley always loved her view of the San Gabriel Mountains in the winter. From the Lake Balboa house where she's lived for five decades, she would often step outside just to see the peaks in the distance, sometimes dusted with snow. But for the last year, Kelley's only view has been of a mountain...

Ryan Mendoza, an All-City junior catcher from defending City Section Division I champion Birmingham, said Wednesday he has committed to Long Beach State. "I'm excited to be part of such a good program," Mendoza said. Mendoza was key player defensively in Birmingham's title run last season. "He's...

Edgar Olmos, a 24-year-old former Birmingham High pitcher, has been added to the 40-man roster of the Seattle Mariners after being claimed off waivers from the Miami Marlins. The left-handed reliever spent last year in Double-A and Triple-A ball. He throws in the 90s. He was a third-round draft...

In City Section Division I, there's no running back making a bigger impact than junior Sterling Salguero of Birmingham. The Patriots have decided to let Salguero carry the ball again and again and he's delivering.

He has scored 18 touchdowns in his last six games, including rushing for 338 yards...

Birmingham Coach Jim Rose is facing a severe challenge trying to get his team ready for Friday's season opener against Newbury Park as players continue to deal with the tragedy from last Friday night when two former players were killed in a car crash.

Birmingham High's triumph at Dodger Stadium last June to win its first City Section Division I baseball championship since 1969 is motivating everyone to seek another title, because the journey was so much fun.

Players have already begun working toward a repeat even though the Patriots figure to...

Birmingham has put together a challenging nonleague schedule that includes Oaks Christian, Chaminade and Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, but Coach Jim Rose believes it will help his team prepare for West Valley League play.

The Patriots' top player is junior running back Sterling Salguero, who demonstrated...

A person was killed Friday morning in an officer-involved shooting in the San Fernando Valley.

Los Angeles police were dispatched to the 6700 block of Hayvenhurst Avenue in Lake Balboa on the edge of Van Nuys about 3:30 a.m. after someone reported a person acting erratically and commiting vandalism,...

Angelo Pellegrini didn't need to read books or take a class to learn how to make wine or pasta or grow herbs. Without being aware of it, he'd absorbed all that from his family his whole life. Some of us, though, could use some instruction, whether from books or YouTube or an actual class. And right...

Dodger Stadium isn’t exactly the ideal setting to unveil a freshman. There’s a lot of pressure playing in a championship game, but Birmingham and Chatsworth have big plans for their prized freshman players in Saturday’s 1 p.m. City Section Division I final.

Birmingham High School's football stadium, the largest in the San Fernando Valley, has been closed to use by outside groups after a complaint was filed claiming that it does not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Principal Bill Parks confirmed Tuesday.